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Definition of Derivation

1. Noun. The source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues). "Music of Turkish derivation"

2. Noun. (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase.

3. Noun. A line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions.

4. Noun. (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation. "`singer' from `sing' or `undo' from `do' are examples of derivations"

5. Noun. Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline.

6. Noun. Drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body.

7. Noun. Drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation.

8. Noun. The act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin.

Definition of Derivation

1. n. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

2. n. The formation of a word from its more original or radical elements; also, a statement of the origin and history of a word.

Definition of Derivation

1. Noun. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source. ¹

2. Noun. The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence. ¹

3. Noun. The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root. ¹

4. Noun. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted. ¹

5. Noun. That from which a thing is derived. ¹

6. Noun. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction. ¹

7. Noun. (mathematics) The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration. ¹

8. Noun. (medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Derivation

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Medical Definition of Derivation

1. 1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source. 2. The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence. "As touching traditional communication, . . . I do not doubt but many of those truths have had the help of that derivation." (Sir M. Hale) 3. The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root. 4. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted. 5. That from which a thing is derived. 6. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction. "From the Euphrates into an artificial derivation of that river." (Gibbon) 7. The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration. 8. A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process. Origin: L. Derivatio: cf. F. Derivation. See Derive. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Derivation

derisively derisiveness derisivenesses derisk derisked derisking derisorily derisory derivability derivable

derivably derival derivals derivate derivates derivation (current term) derivational derivational morphology derivationally derivations

derivative derivative chromosome derivative instrument derivative work derivative works derivatively derivativeness derivatives derivatives market derivatives markets

Literary usage of Derivation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Native Writings in Massachusett by Ives Goddard, Kathleen Joan Bragdon (1988)
"Primary derivation A typical set of primary stems is the one formed on the Initial ... An example of a stem formed by primary derivation from other stems is ..."

2. English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms ; with a by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"derivation has been defined to be the drawing or tracing of a word from its root or original. In the grammatical sense, the cases, numbers, and genders of ..."

3. The Grammar of English Grammars: With an Introduction, Historical and by Goold Brown (1858)
"OF THE derivation OF WORDS. derivation, as a topic to be treated by the ... All reliable etymology, all authentic derivation of words, has ever been highly ..."

4. Hand-book of Common-law Pleading by Benjamin Jonson Shipman (1895)
"The derivation of a title, as a term, in pleading, is its commencement. As to the necessity of showing the derivation of a title the law makes a distinction ..."

5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1860)
"I have never met with any satisfactory derivation of this word, which seems to have puzzled ... The derivation of this word has been given to the Anglo-Sax. ..."

6. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"The attempts to find a derivation for it have not been very successful. ... Of тегу uncertain derivation. Who waa so firm, eo constant, that this coil You ..."

7. A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions: Comprising a by Henry John Stephen (1894)
"Upon this head two subjects of remark present themselves — the allegation of the title itself and the statement of its derivation. ..."

8. Physical Optics by Robert Williams Wood (1905)
"We will begin by the derivation of the fundamental equations of Maxwell. derivation of Maxwell's Equations.—The current may be defined either in ..."

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